[ICOM] ham radio industry

[S. Schappert]

I agree. Supply chain management disruption can cause profound effects on the supply of parts from 
affected suppliers / vendors. Unless (safety stock) parts are held worldwide by distributors in other nations, you may have *real* problems with acquisition and lead times.

One example of this issue is lean manufacturing / principles. Lean manufacturers do not warehouse components beyond their production orders. If component manufacturing lines get shut down, all they have is a limited safety stock, just enough to get them through a worst-case, short-term downtime. Specialized, high-dollar components (filters, etc) are stricken first, as they will have very limited shelf stock.

-Scott

-----Original Message-----
>From: STeve Andre' <andres at msu.edu>
>Sent: Mar 17, 2011 2:30 AM
>To: icom at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [ICOM] ham radio industry
>
>Who cares?  We all should.  If the problems in Japan continue to get
>worse, we will see outages of parts that no one expected.
>
>In an age of global interconnected systems, what affects one area
>of the world can have ripple effects upon others.  Ten Tec and
>others may well experience parts shortages of some kind because
>of the situation in Japan.
>
>--STeve Andre'
>wb8wsf  en72
>
>On 03/17/11 05:13, jeff partington wrote:
>> who cares? ten tec is still in buisness......(BTW---my main radio is a fully modded and filtered icom 765)
>>
>>
>> From: Alan Leith<aleith at syd.eastlink.ca>
>> To: 'ICOM Reflector'<icom at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 7:23 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ICOM] ham radio industry
>>
>> Thanks, Adam.  I knew you'd come through.  I think there may be some
>> interruptions in the supply line of ham radio gear but I think also that
>> won't have much of an effect on us.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Al, VE1AL
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
>> Behalf Of Adam Farson
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 8:13 PM
>> To: 'ICOM Reflector'
>> Subject: Re: [ICOM] ham radio industry
>>
>> Hi Al,
>>
>> Icom's factories are in Wakayama, 100 km SW of Osaka. Their corporate HQ is
>> in Osaka. Both cities are in the Kansai region (southern Japan), which was
>> unaffected.
>>
>> Icom's Tokyo office sustained some damage, and their Sendai office was
>> severely damaged. All their employees are OK, but some of the Sendai staff
>> had difficulty contacting their families.
>>
>> I am not sure about Kenwood. Much of their manufacturing is outside Japan
>> (e.g. Singapore), so they will be able to keep products in the pipeline -
>> as long as they can still procure parts from their suppliers in Japan.
>>
>> Cheers for now, 73,
>> Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
>> Behalf Of Alan Leith
>> Sent: 16-Mar-11 15:14
>> To: 'ICOM Reflector'
>> Subject: Re: [ICOM] ham radio industry
>>
>> Good to know.  That puts Yaesu's situation is better light.  That's far
>> more newsworthy than idle speculation.  Now, what about Icom and Kenwood?
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Al, VE1AL
>>
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